Thank you, now I see what I was missing: “Adverbs operate on what comes before them”. That makes sense now. Much appreciated.
> On Oct 10, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Adrien Mathieu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It's 0. Adverbs operate on what comes before them. > Adverbs and conjunctions can operate on verbs and nouns. For instance, you > usually call u"v with u a verb and v a noun, but any noun/verb combination > has a meaning (it is not always the case). Sometimes, when the conjunction > acts specifically on nouns, u is called m and v n, although in practice it > makes no difference. > > Adrien Mathieu > > Le dim. 10 oct. 2021 à 22:34, P Padilcdx <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> Thank you for the quick reply. Got the adverb part, thank you. But I’m >> still missing something fundamental. If u=< and C=“, V=uC in [x] v V y, >> what is v in [x] u C v y when called as 0(<“)y? Thank you for your patience! >> >>> On Oct 10, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Adrien Mathieu <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I think there is a confusion. <" is not a hook, it's an adverb, because >> < is a verb and " a conjunction, and so technically <" is a partial >> application of a conjunction. More generally, if you have a conjunction C, >> uC is the adverb V such that [x] v V y is [x] u C v y and, similarly, Cv is >> the adverb V such that [x] u V y is [x] u C v y. >>> >>> This is not to be confused with a hook, which is only about verbs (to >> keep it simple). You would have a hook if " was a verb. >>> >>> So, to answer your question, (<") is an adverb, and 0(<")y is <"0 y >> (according to the above definition). >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Adrien Mathieu >>> >>> On 10/10/2021 21:43, P Padilcdx wrote: >>>> J noob so pardon the noob question. As the subject indicates, I’m >> confused as to how or why <“0 y turns into 0(<“)y when interpreted as a >> hook. Looked at the Primer and LJ and they don’t really explain the jump >> between the “0 to the left” and the “0 to the right” transposition when a >> hook. Any pointers would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Pete >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
